The choke cable on my car runs in from the dash and round the engine via the front end of the engine to the carb so I want to neaten the cable run to shorten it and neaten things up .
I am sure I have seen this method of operation on a control cable before . I am sure it works but not quite able to understand how , maybe if we have any keen cyclists out there maybe they have seen it work .
So in the picture 1 and 2 shows how it works at the moment with the outer cable fixed and the inner cable applying the forward and back motion to the operating lever .
Picture 3 and 4 shows the cable direction reversed and the inner cable now fixed and the outer cable applying the push pull movement to the operating lever. This can only work if the outer cable is spiral wound and will stretch .

Virtually all control cables work on the same principle (both the inner and outer don’t change length in use). Whether they are push/pull or pull (with a spring return) decides if they have a solid or flexible inner - generally.

What you’ve sketched looks like it won’t work because you’re changing the direction of the travel. It will work if you change it to a solid inner type and accept that you pull the choke out to turn it off and push it in to turn it on.

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The same reverse-pull principle is used in cycling as (apparently ) it increases the weight of the pull. As I understand it, the outer compresses rather than stretches and the movement relies on there being a curve in the cable so it won't be effective on a straight pull.

Given the caveats above, your suggestion should work and IMHO it will be the same way around i.e. inner shortened at the carb = choke on. However, you'll need a generous, gentle loop of slack to operate so you might not achieve too much. Worth a little experimentation though?